Socratic irony

English

Noun

Socratic irony (countable and uncountable, plural Socratic ironies)

1. The practice or act of asking someone a question, as though ignorant of the answer, in order to show a flaw in their argument.

Coordinate terms

• Socratic method

Translations

the practice or act of asking someone a question in order to demonstrate their ignorance

• Finnish: sokraattinen ironia
• French: ironie socratique (fr) f
• Greek: σωκρατική ειρωνεία f (sokratikí eironeía)
• Polish: ironia sokratejska f
• Portuguese: ironia socrática f
• Slovak: sokratovská irónia

See also

• daft laddie question